Canada / United States Ramsar wetland
Lake Saint Francis
199 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Azumanga1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
43 species in January.55 species in February.94 species in March.118 species in April.175 species in May.146 species in June.136 species in July.130 species in August.120 species in September.108 species in October.73 species in November.62 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
199 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 199Speciesrecorded more than once
- 148Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 41,397Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Raptors
- 4Owls
- 14Waders
- 8Gulls & seabirds
- 28Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 101Songbirds
- 20Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 199 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
Waders14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
Gulls & seabirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Ducks & geese28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- RedheadAythya americana
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds101 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
Other birds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- American CootFulica americana
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-5°/-14°59 mm
- Feb-3°/-13°55 mm
- Mar3°/-7°64 mm
- Apr11°/0°86 mm
- May19°/8°92 mm
- Jun23°/13°113 mm
- Jul26°/16°97 mm
- Aug26°/16°92 mm
- Sep22°/11°87 mm
- Oct14°/5°109 mm
- Nov6°/-2°70 mm
- Dec-1°/-9°79 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Saint Francis.
Lake in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, and New York, United States
Lake Saint Francis is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
199 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 41,397 open records.
The most recorded are the Black-capped Chickadee, the American Crow and the American Robin.
107 species come for the summer, 37 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift, Lesser yellowlegs and Rusty Blackbird.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Glengarry Campgroundcampsite · 2.8 km · 9 within 10 km
- Saint-Zotiquenearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Massena International Airport Richards Field (MSS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 39 km in a straight lineCar hire at YUL airport (Montréal)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmGlengarry Campground, Lancaster Park Outdoor Resort, Camping Le Dauphin and 6 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Saint Francis.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmMaple Hill · 12 kmSandy Hill · 21 kmLairds Hill · 21 kmVinegar Hill68 m · 22 kmMacs Hill · 22 km
Riveryasthe river nearbySaint Pierre River
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lake Saint Francis
Canada
- 80Birdyas Score
- 199Species
- 148Migrants
- 7Threatened
Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area
Canada · 13 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 236Species
- 179Migrants
- 10Threatened
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
United States · 101 km
- 88Birdyas Score
- 261Species
- 205Migrants
- 13Threatened
Mer Bleue Conservation Area
Canada · 88 km
- 83Birdyas Score
- 249Species
- 179Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22352699) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 41,397 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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